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that was banned under the taliban. better health care and new clinics have boosted life expectancies by as much as 22 years. but those gains could temporary. if the villagers in shakar dhara are right and the afghan government can't hold the country together, the taliban will fight their way back, undefeated by a super power. and the cost of all of this, brian, about $600 billion. and the meter is still running. >> richard engel, who covered the duration of this war, part of our team in kabul tonight. richard, thanks. now we switch over to the 18-month-long conflict in syria. a full-blown civil war, with hundreds dying every week. more than the u.s. lost in vietnam at the height of that war, and it's getting worse. nbc's ann curry managed to get safely in and out of syria. she joins us tonight from the safety of the nearby turkish border. ann, good evening. >> brian, good evening to you. this war, that has already killed an estimated 30,000 people in the last 18 months is intensifying with stepped-up attacks by both si
that was banned under the taliban. better health care and new clinics have boosted life expectancies by as much as 22 years. but those gains could temporary. if the villagers in shakar dhara are right and the afghan government can't hold the country together, the taliban will fight their way back, undefeated by a super power. and the cost of all of this, brian, about $600 billion. and the meter is still running. >> richard engel, who covered the duration of this war, part of our team in...
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the taliban is an armed group. these schoolgirls are not going to fight against the taliban. they are all very worried about what is going to happen in this country. and we've spoken to politicians, political analysts, and they think after these troops leave that there could be a civil war in this country, and many afghans now don't remember 9/11. they just remember ten years of war. and they're asking themselves why? why did this happen? why did we have to have all of this war for ten years? >> 300,000 afghan troops, local police, national police have been trained. the strategy to get these folks home is to turn it over to afghan troops. questions about readiness and supplies and that sort of thing. but are they fighting an enemy who has an organization -- are the taliban fragmented? are they the fighting force that they used to be? >> there are many groups. we all call them the taliban. there's different groups that fall under the umbrella of the taliban. right now the afghan security forces have an advantage. they have the upper hand because they have american fire power,
the taliban is an armed group. these schoolgirls are not going to fight against the taliban. they are all very worried about what is going to happen in this country. and we've spoken to politicians, political analysts, and they think after these troops leave that there could be a civil war in this country, and many afghans now don't remember 9/11. they just remember ten years of war. and they're asking themselves why? why did this happen? why did we have to have all of this war for ten years?...
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that was banned under the taliban. better health care and new clinics have boosted life expectancy by as much as 22 years, but those gains could be temporary if the villagers here are right and the afghan government can't hold the country together, the taliban will fight their way back, undefeated by a superpower. >> that was nbc's richard engel reporting for us. "the new york times" reporting the u.s. ais bandening hopes of a peace deal with the taliban right on the front page today. the report says that goal has been scrapped in favor of a less ambitious plan that would have the after ghans work out a deal among themselves once u.s. combat troops withdraw. >>> now members of boeing will return to the bargaining table this afternoon after the union overwhelmingly rejected the company's most recent contract offer. the union's current contract expires on saturday. let's get the latest from karen chao. she's live for us in london. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, willie. there are early alarm bells ringing
that was banned under the taliban. better health care and new clinics have boosted life expectancy by as much as 22 years, but those gains could be temporary if the villagers here are right and the afghan government can't hold the country together, the taliban will fight their way back, undefeated by a superpower. >> that was nbc's richard engel reporting for us. "the new york times" reporting the u.s. ais bandening hopes of a peace deal with the taliban right on the front page...
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meet a group of taliban fighters from the head connie network -- we meet a group of taliban fighters from the haqqani network. some of the deadliest attacks have been attributed to the group. >> it is our holy duty to fight against the invaders. as long as we live, we will fight to the death. >> the haqqani network belongs to the radical wing of the taliban. they reject peace negotiations and they demand the withdrawal of foreign troops. then its members say they're our will come -- say their hour will come. >> americans are defeated. they must be forced to leave this country immediately. >> the taliban fighters began to prepare for the next attack. >> get ready. we will take guns and missiles. >> instead of cell phones, they only use walkie-talkies so their movements cannot be tracked. they set off, prepared for their next battle. we have to switch off our camera. [gunfire] they know the power of propaganda, so they give us a video showing an assault on a military convoy. it shows the violence and bloodshed that has become part of daily life in afghanistan. from the northeast, we he
meet a group of taliban fighters from the head connie network -- we meet a group of taliban fighters from the haqqani network. some of the deadliest attacks have been attributed to the group. >> it is our holy duty to fight against the invaders. as long as we live, we will fight to the death. >> the haqqani network belongs to the radical wing of the taliban. they reject peace negotiations and they demand the withdrawal of foreign troops. then its members say they're our will come --...
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military has acknowledged that only about a quarter of these attacks are linked to the taliban. instead the very troops the u.s. has been training to take over after the withdrawal have now become the greatest threat to u.s. soldiers so how is this all going to play out well folks history repeats itself and we just have to look at the last time an occupying nation withdrew from afghanistan the soviet union pulled out their troops in one thousand nine hundred nine there was a six year power struggle in which the u.s. helped the mujahideen now the taliban out of power funny how it all comes full circle hole right or war is always been about two things resources and control alongside the supposed surprise discovery of afghanistan's one trillion dollar wealth of untapped minerals the strategic position of occupied afghanistan is crucial for us to gemini gemini in the region also is it really a coincidence that before the us invasion the taliban and the un had a radical that the opium crop and now ninety percent of the world's heroin comes from the country and now we're fighting the
military has acknowledged that only about a quarter of these attacks are linked to the taliban. instead the very troops the u.s. has been training to take over after the withdrawal have now become the greatest threat to u.s. soldiers so how is this all going to play out well folks history repeats itself and we just have to look at the last time an occupying nation withdrew from afghanistan the soviet union pulled out their troops in one thousand nine hundred nine there was a six year power...
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as we just heard from lara logan's taliban interviewee. they're doing that. >> they're bringing skills that they don't have, she suggested. >> that's right. at a much higher level. honed after years of practice. >> john, we've got the attacks over the weekend and again this morning. you know, the white house, john brennan, the head of counterterrorism there at the white house has said as recently as april that al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. morale is low. in the past al qaeda has been decimated in afghanistan. is that true? >> it's all true. one of the problems we have, we want all the lines to be neat. the taliban to be in their box and al qaeda in their box. same thing in benghazi. al sharia. what has happened as the organizations have broken down, because we have decimated them, groups of people who are still following the same narrative have spread around. and the lines have gotten blurrier, but the narrative hasn't. >> general allen made the point al qaeda in small numbers can do large damage. >> they're not -- they're asymm
as we just heard from lara logan's taliban interviewee. they're doing that. >> they're bringing skills that they don't have, she suggested. >> that's right. at a much higher level. honed after years of practice. >> john, we've got the attacks over the weekend and again this morning. you know, the white house, john brennan, the head of counterterrorism there at the white house has said as recently as april that al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. morale is low. in the past...
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it is not a taliban gathering, but only a funeral for a local farmer. but as marines approach another group of mud farmhouses, they come under fire. >> right now, we're taking effective fire from the southeast. >> reporter: lieutenant mock spreads out his men, several marines dive into a rooftop. from here, they can see silhouettes of men hiding and shooting. >> he is popping out the right-hand side of the wall. >> yeah, that is where i spotted him. >> reporter: it is not clear if this is the same taliban that attacked the base. >> they think there are about 20 or 30 hiding, yards from here. some with rpgs, some with assault rifles, they called in air support, right now they're trying to flush them out, drive them into the open. >> what side of the compound? the navy corpmen and a few afghan soldiers advance closer to the taliban. but as soon as he goes in the house, an explosion, but it was not a bomb. the afghan soldiers u.s. allies fired an rpg, without warning. it knocked him down, but he is okay. >> came through the doorway, got thrown on my butt,
it is not a taliban gathering, but only a funeral for a local farmer. but as marines approach another group of mud farmhouses, they come under fire. >> right now, we're taking effective fire from the southeast. >> reporter: lieutenant mock spreads out his men, several marines dive into a rooftop. from here, they can see silhouettes of men hiding and shooting. >> he is popping out the right-hand side of the wall. >> yeah, that is where i spotted him. >> reporter: it...
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america. >> these are taliban attacks. this is part of our new military strategy. we have our people in the afghan police, and the army. >> what skills do the al-qaeda tighters bring? >> they are masters of everything. for example, making i.e.d. something we don't know how to do. but they are teaching us. they are also master engineers and good with all weapons. >> eric: today a car bomb killed three more americans bringing the casualty count to 2,002. listen to president obama in las vegas just yesterday. >> al-qaeda is on the path to defeat and usama bin laden is dead.
america. >> these are taliban attacks. this is part of our new military strategy. we have our people in the afghan police, and the army. >> what skills do the al-qaeda tighters bring? >> they are masters of everything. for example, making i.e.d. something we don't know how to do. but they are teaching us. they are also master engineers and good with all weapons. >> eric: today a car bomb killed three more americans bringing the casualty count to 2,002. listen to...
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lieutenant colonel barker's men are eager to get back into taliban territory. they took us to the furthest checkpoint they ventured out to since the new orders. the first line of defense against the taliban. the checkpoint is now manned by afghan forces. but we found a disorganized group with few uniforms but plenty of guns, a potential danger for u.s. troops. >> if you come to an environment like this there are afghans with weapons. >> they're not going to put away their weapons just because we're here. as you see, everybody else has got theirs, too. >> reporter: you've built this relationship on trust and now you're saying well, hold on, maybe we don't trust you and-- that's not what you're saying. >> right. >> reporter: but that's the impression. >> that may be the message. we tried to soft than blow as much as we can. they felt guilty for the incidents themselves so they understood why we were trying to do this. we're going to continue this relationship as best we can given this and they were good with it. >> reporter: the soldiers that we were with hoped t
lieutenant colonel barker's men are eager to get back into taliban territory. they took us to the furthest checkpoint they ventured out to since the new orders. the first line of defense against the taliban. the checkpoint is now manned by afghan forces. but we found a disorganized group with few uniforms but plenty of guns, a potential danger for u.s. troops. >> if you come to an environment like this there are afghans with weapons. >> they're not going to put away their weapons...
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is no way that a taliban army or police are going to risk their lives killed their brother. afghans in the service of a foreign country when we've gone or in the service of a corrupt president they going back to their tribal loyalties the was back. and the passions will be divided as they always have been divided and the likelihood is that there will be disorder where we believe we went through a civil war was going on the country was bitterly divided when after we leave after we've left a few years the situation would be very similar bill bill be more civil war and it the likely future rulers will be the taliban what lessons then should have been learnt from both britain's own colonial past and the soviet union's experience in afghanistan in two thousand and one in strasberg a very a bubbly and member of the duma tapped me on the back and said you british i'm going into afghanistan and you captured it in a few days and saying that we russians did that and we were there for ten years we killed a million afghans we spent billions of rubles and we lost sixteen thousand of our
is no way that a taliban army or police are going to risk their lives killed their brother. afghans in the service of a foreign country when we've gone or in the service of a corrupt president they going back to their tribal loyalties the was back. and the passions will be divided as they always have been divided and the likelihood is that there will be disorder where we believe we went through a civil war was going on the country was bitterly divided when after we leave after we've left a few...
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of terrorism in britain somehow ending by being the afghanistan if we say to the taliban why are you killing our soldiers when they say well when we've killed all your soldiers we're coming over to newport and to cardiff and we're going to blow up your streets no interest in that the rule reason the taliban is a killing british soldiers is because we have the foreigners with the infidels with the photo rainy and we're occupying by force of arms their country it's this sacred religious duty to kill us if we're not there they don't kill us i mean to for the simple argument to understand so what you're saying is that pulling out of afghanistan right now wouldn't affect the security situation in the rest of the world nor not not in the slightest there's security threats they come from pakistan they come from the yemen big come from somalia i mean they come from bradford we have a an attack by al qaeda that was from english people brought up in england is it not there better to have the us as friends rather than enemies what kind of message would leaving now send to america which at the m
of terrorism in britain somehow ending by being the afghanistan if we say to the taliban why are you killing our soldiers when they say well when we've killed all your soldiers we're coming over to newport and to cardiff and we're going to blow up your streets no interest in that the rule reason the taliban is a killing british soldiers is because we have the foreigners with the infidels with the photo rainy and we're occupying by force of arms their country it's this sacred religious duty to...
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it's long been thought by republicans that doing so would allow the taliban, particularly the taliban that's holed up in pakistan and that crosses freely into afghanistan, giving them that heads-up that they can just wait america out and then do their damage. the reality is that there's been a negotiation with the taliban and the coalition forces. the taliban is likely to have some role in ruling afghanistan is disappointing and as tragic as that may be to people around the world, that is a definite possibility as we move forward. >> david, a quick question about the debates now three days away. right now the latest gallup poll shows the president with the six-point lead. historically how much impact do these debates have on elections? >> well, they can have a lot of impact. it's a high-profile moment, tens of millions of people watching. as you look at the national number and you look at the spread and you look he battleground state, on the order of seven points that mitt romney has to make up, it's a lot of ground to try to move if you have a smaller pool of undecided voters. that's
it's long been thought by republicans that doing so would allow the taliban, particularly the taliban that's holed up in pakistan and that crosses freely into afghanistan, giving them that heads-up that they can just wait america out and then do their damage. the reality is that there's been a negotiation with the taliban and the coalition forces. the taliban is likely to have some role in ruling afghanistan is disappointing and as tragic as that may be to people around the world, that is a...
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officials admit the taliban will likely continue the violent attacks even after the americans leave. >> would you expect the u.s. combat operations, if even only in a special forces, special operations role, to continue past 2014? >> the intent is our relationship will be a training and advisory relationship. it ends in december, 2014. >> reporter: within a few months, general allen will issue his recommendation to president obama as to whether or not to cut troops here again in the coming year. he says he will make that recommendation based on conditions on the ground. but brian, he is optimistic. >> lester holt, in kandahar tonight, thank you. >>> in this country tonight, there is health news getting some attention this evening, about breast cancer. and what is being called a new road map for understanding this disease. and coming up with more targeted treatments. more on this story with our chief correspondent robert bazell. >> reporter: scientists know there are several biological path ways that lead to breast cancer. but the roadmap had gaps. this latest research fills in many o
officials admit the taliban will likely continue the violent attacks even after the americans leave. >> would you expect the u.s. combat operations, if even only in a special forces, special operations role, to continue past 2014? >> the intent is our relationship will be a training and advisory relationship. it ends in december, 2014. >> reporter: within a few months, general allen will issue his recommendation to president obama as to whether or not to cut troops here again...
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it's long been thought by republicans that doing so would allow the taliban, particularly the taliban that's holed up in pakistan and that crosses freely into afghanistan, giving them that heads-up that they can just wait america out and then do their damage. the reality is that there's been a negotiation with the taliban and the coalition forces. the taliban is likely to have some role in ruling afghanistan is disappointing and as tragic as that may be to people around the world, that is a definite possibility as we move forward. >> david, a quick question about the debates now three days away. right now the latest gallup poll shows the president with the six-point lead. less than six weeks to go until election day. historically, how much impact do these debates have on elections? >> well, they can have a lot of impact. it's a high-profile moment, tens of millions of people watching. as you look at the national number and you look at the spread and you look he battleground state, on the order of seven points that mitt romney has to make up, it's a lot of ground to try to move if you
it's long been thought by republicans that doing so would allow the taliban, particularly the taliban that's holed up in pakistan and that crosses freely into afghanistan, giving them that heads-up that they can just wait america out and then do their damage. the reality is that there's been a negotiation with the taliban and the coalition forces. the taliban is likely to have some role in ruling afghanistan is disappointing and as tragic as that may be to people around the world, that is a...
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. >>> overseas, the taliban released a video it claims shows taliban fighters preparing for an attack. two american marines died in the fight to repel the attackers. bob orr has our report. >> reporter: the seven-minute video released by the taliban purports to show the final stages of planning for the brazen attack. insurgents wearing what appear to be u.s. military uniforms are shown cutting through a chain link fence, a tactic used in the assault. another scene shows enemy fighters in an operational planning session. one of the commanders uses a whiteboard and crude sketches to describe the location of aircraft and fortification on the british run air base. in great detail, the leader describes how the attackers will split into three teams, each with specific target assignments. and the tape contains messages, last wills of some of the fighters who clearly didn't expect to survive the assault. this man, speaking in english, accuses the united states of attacking islam. >> you came to afghanistan to commit cruelty on muslims. in the name of terrorism. it is not terrorism. we are not
. >>> overseas, the taliban released a video it claims shows taliban fighters preparing for an attack. two american marines died in the fight to repel the attackers. bob orr has our report. >> reporter: the seven-minute video released by the taliban purports to show the final stages of planning for the brazen attack. insurgents wearing what appear to be u.s. military uniforms are shown cutting through a chain link fence, a tactic used in the assault. another scene shows enemy...
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. >> bill: the taliban really we want away. let's look at afghanistan and iran in particular and then libya at the end of the discussion. in afghanistan, you have a lot of friendly so-called friendly, but it's really taliban fanatics infiltrating because as one of the soldiers told me last week, you can buy afghan army uniforms at any marketplace in afghanistan. they're around. so if you want to dress up like an afghany soldier and you're a taliban or al-qaeda terrorist, you can do that and walk in and blow yourself up or shoot them dead. i don't know any army that could stop that, colonel peters. i mean, you know, i don't know if it's a failure of our policy in afghanistan rather than a good tactic by the taliban fanatics. >> well, it's both. the taliban have wisely used all the poor man's nukes, as it were, ied's, suicide bombers, and these green on blue assassinations. you know, you played a clip in the intro, bill n which obama said that in his election campaign in 2008, he promised he'd wind down the war in afghanistan. th
. >> bill: the taliban really we want away. let's look at afghanistan and iran in particular and then libya at the end of the discussion. in afghanistan, you have a lot of friendly so-called friendly, but it's really taliban fanatics infiltrating because as one of the soldiers told me last week, you can buy afghan army uniforms at any marketplace in afghanistan. they're around. so if you want to dress up like an afghany soldier and you're a taliban or al-qaeda terrorist, you can do that...
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. >> bill: some reason i think the taliban have been able to infiltrate. >> they feel the taliban has the power now. we're leaving and within a year, year or two, then the taliban still going to be there. so the taliban are just sitting back, wait 'til we leave, and -- >> bill: so you think at that some afghan troops are being influenced by them? >> i do. >> bill: but usually the ones that attack americans are killed right away. so they have to be pretty devoted to the taliban to give up their lives. they take out two or three nato forces and they themselves are killed. >> look at suicide bombers. >> bill: right. but it would be more than, well, a calculation that i may be i'll go over to the taliban. these are people who really want. is it so chaotic that any taliban can get an afghan uniform? n they take their gear to the market all the time. >> bill: so that's no problem. and the police are different from the afghan army, right? >> i worked with the afghan army. i wouldn't trust the police in any way, shape, or form. >> bill: why? >> talking about afghans, talking about afghans. th
. >> bill: some reason i think the taliban have been able to infiltrate. >> they feel the taliban has the power now. we're leaving and within a year, year or two, then the taliban still going to be there. so the taliban are just sitting back, wait 'til we leave, and -- >> bill: so you think at that some afghan troops are being influenced by them? >> i do. >> bill: but usually the ones that attack americans are killed right away. so they have to be pretty devoted to...
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i guess there's a strong presence of the taliban right now. >> there's no question the taliban was shoved out of that country, and a karzai government was elected and a new constitution. it's also no question but that they've been reorganizing in pakistan, and they've been attempting to reassert themselves within the country. how far they'll get, i don't know. i think that -- i think that the people of afghanistan were relieved when the taliban was gone. now, is it intimidating? do they kill people? you bet. they were using the soccer stadiums to cut off heads. women couldn't go out without a male member of their family. women couldn't get healthcare in that country. but a lot of refugees who left the country have come back. i think the people of afghanistan like the fact that they had an election and voted for their parliament. i think they have a crack at building a better country. >> greta: are you optimistic? >> i'm realistic, i think. i think it's up to them. they're going to have to pull up their socks and grab it and make it work, make it work in a way that won't be exactly the way
i guess there's a strong presence of the taliban right now. >> there's no question the taliban was shoved out of that country, and a karzai government was elected and a new constitution. it's also no question but that they've been reorganizing in pakistan, and they've been attempting to reassert themselves within the country. how far they'll get, i don't know. i think that -- i think that the people of afghanistan were relieved when the taliban was gone. now, is it intimidating? do they...
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one or two thousand and two the taliban felt they will. be forgotten and so it be appropriate to become part of the mainstream after all the protestant has to be at peace again it will be hard at that time if not because it is human least the next stage was upbeat and decide no we don't want in the last ten years have seen that you have grown from strength to strength you've got more support amongst the people. so my point is. they will become strong. they really become strong if they vote loss but. when the peace comes and that is upon the stone again. the peace only comes when the what is shared by all the state workers or the important group rather be thought about but not the right answer because. a lot of us and so that becomes a government of consensus no one group. and they disappeared one can say. that one billion or two were in fact. before the american invasion some of those i believe that the taliban support will only last in the not just here in the country to fight even be to move plans because the thought of money do not fit.
one or two thousand and two the taliban felt they will. be forgotten and so it be appropriate to become part of the mainstream after all the protestant has to be at peace again it will be hard at that time if not because it is human least the next stage was upbeat and decide no we don't want in the last ten years have seen that you have grown from strength to strength you've got more support amongst the people. so my point is. they will become strong. they really become strong if they vote loss...
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in afghanistan the taliban are turning a deadly attack on a joint u.s. british base into a propaganda victory. bob orr tells us about a new video that surfaced today. >> reporter: the seven-minute video released by the taliban purports to show the final agages of planning for the brazen attack on camp bastion. insurgents, wearing what appear to be u.s. military uniforms, are shown cutting through a chain link fence, a tactic used in the assault. another scene shows enemy fighters in an operational planning session. one of the commanders uses a white board and crude sketches at describe the location of aircraft and fortifications on the british-run air base. re great detail, the leader lscribes how the attackers will split into three teams, each with specific target assignments. and the tape contains messages, lasts will of some of the fighters who clearly didn't expect to survive the assault. this man, speaking in english, accuses the united states of attacking islam. >> reporter: the september 14 nighttime raid was the mos destructive enemy attack in th
in afghanistan the taliban are turning a deadly attack on a joint u.s. british base into a propaganda victory. bob orr tells us about a new video that surfaced today. >> reporter: the seven-minute video released by the taliban purports to show the final agages of planning for the brazen attack on camp bastion. insurgents, wearing what appear to be u.s. military uniforms, are shown cutting through a chain link fence, a tactic used in the assault. another scene shows enemy fighters in an...
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indeed i've spoken to some next taliban, but they're still in touch with the taliban and keep will and they didn't really raise the constitution is an issue. it's about power. it's about how much power they think they can get. they think they can get power through a gun to stick with that. i don't think the constitution is a problem. it can be amended if you get sufficient support. the taliban and argue for afghanistan to be in his, country is. i mean, there is a vast majority of people who accept conservative islamic country. that is not something the taliban need to assist on. >> the question as he talked 2015 in the parliamentary election. of course the presidential election is a question of whether not at that point there is a continuing democratic process or whether that process is going to be the election of a parliamentary different constitution from just a form of accommodating the warlords. is that a word breaking down with an excuse for a barrier quite >> well come you still have to do it within the constitution last year going to abandon the love and that makes provision for
indeed i've spoken to some next taliban, but they're still in touch with the taliban and keep will and they didn't really raise the constitution is an issue. it's about power. it's about how much power they think they can get. they think they can get power through a gun to stick with that. i don't think the constitution is a problem. it can be amended if you get sufficient support. the taliban and argue for afghanistan to be in his, country is. i mean, there is a vast majority of people who...
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the taliban is more like an army than al qaeda. al qaeda is on the idea of one plot, it's based on terrorism, it's not based on fighting, you know, brigade to brigade and very effective the way they work. >> john you actually knew one of the military contractors who was killed over the weekend, right? >> in the latest incident, that was kevin o'rourke. there was a rourke nypd emergency service unit officer, a hero cop in new york. he worked here at emergency service one in manhattan. then trained the scuba divers for the nypd. then a sergeant down there in efforts.rked in the rescue he loved training cops anywhere which is what he was doing back in afghanistan as a contractor. >> john miller, thank you very much. now to presidential politics. the first debate is coming up on wednesday. usually both sides try to lower expectations for their candidates, that's what president obama did on sunday. but one of mitt romney's leading supporters had a different view. >> know folks in the media are speculating already who will have the best
the taliban is more like an army than al qaeda. al qaeda is on the idea of one plot, it's based on terrorism, it's not based on fighting, you know, brigade to brigade and very effective the way they work. >> john you actually knew one of the military contractors who was killed over the weekend, right? >> in the latest incident, that was kevin o'rourke. there was a rourke nypd emergency service unit officer, a hero cop in new york. he worked here at emergency service one in...
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the taliban people to come back in. you're not dealing with a manner of tactics here, you're dealing with a long-range effort on the part ever the people who live there to take volume of their government, and if the government ends up being as corrupt as it is, if you still cannot stop people from coming in from outside, if you still do not have control over the military aspects with these insider attacks, which are quite awful, then you are facing a very serious problem. martha: but this raises a question, excuse me for jumping in, of leadership. because, if that is the case, if our people have in some of these cases have become sitting ducks do we leave them there until 2014 or give them the support that they need. when the president talks about mostly when he talks about afghanistan is that he has come up with a lan to leave their responsibly. i'm not sure what that means given the scenario we are seeing right now. should we stay there at all through 2014 if x are in a very vulnerable position that is created by sayi
the taliban people to come back in. you're not dealing with a manner of tactics here, you're dealing with a long-range effort on the part ever the people who live there to take volume of their government, and if the government ends up being as corrupt as it is, if you still cannot stop people from coming in from outside, if you still do not have control over the military aspects with these insider attacks, which are quite awful, then you are facing a very serious problem. martha: but this...